Jack White takes a deep-dive into funk on his experimental new song “Corporation.” The giddy instrumental highlights the musician’s upcoming third solo LP, Boarding House Reach, out March 23rd. White structures the track into two densely arranged grooves, layering clavinet, harmonized guitar leads, operatic shouts, congas, hip-hop-styled drums, stereo-panned shouts …
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AfterNeil Diamondannounced he wasdiagnosed with Parkinson’s disease – canceling concerts in Australia and New Zealand – fans responded by overwhelmingly donating the refunded money to Parkinson’s research and other charities. “This makes me smile. Thank you. Thank to you everyone for your outpouring of love and support. It makes a …
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More than 4,000 days have passed since Tool released their most recent album, 2006’s prog-metal odyssey 10,000 Days. It’s a fact that the band is highly aware of, as they’ve labored on a follow-up and humbly answered questions about the would-be record’s progress during the past 12 years. Now it …
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News ofCranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan’s death on Mondayshocked fans, with the 46-year-old’s death initially classified by London police as “unexplained.”The Irish group hadn’t had a big profile in America for many years, but in the mid-1990s they scored massive hits with “Dreams,” “Linger,” Zombie” and “Salvation.” They were so …
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Lena Hall received a Tony Award for her powerful performance as Titzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the singer and actress is revisiting that musical and several of her influences in the forthcoming year-long Obsessed project. She kicks off Obsessed with an EP of Hedwig covers, released today, …
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Alice Cooper fans dress up like the shock rocker in the minimalist video for “The Sound of A,” the closing track from his latest LP, Paranormal. The clip cycles through a series of close-ups with various people – including Cooper – decked out in his signature goth-glam makeup. The single …
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Neil Young celebrated the launch of his digital archives and the release of new album The Visitor with a special acoustic “hometown” concert at Omemee, Ontario’s Coronation Hall. Over the course of the intimate gig in “a town in north Ontario” – which was live-streamed and is now available to …
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AC/DC‘s past and present members attended the funeral for guitarist Malcolm Young at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, according to News.com.au. Young died earlier this month at age 64; he suffered from dementia. Malcolm’s brother Angus, who co-founded AC/DC, Brian Johnson, who sang in the band until …
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WhenNoel Gallagherfirst played rough demos to producer David Holmes earlier this year, Holmes told him they sounded like finished versions. “Which was a shock to me because I hadn’t even started,” Gallagher says. “He said, ‘You should finish that record, but if you want to make a record with me, …
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WeezerandPixies will co-headline a 29-date tour in the summer of 2018. The two rock groups kick things off in Tampa on June 23rd, play numerous dates on the East Coast and around the mid-Atlantic in July, and finish up on August 12th in Phoenix. Weezer‘s Pixies‘ fandom was immediately obvious …
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